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Statistics and Research

In our last fiscal year, the Calgary Women's Emergency 24-Hour Family Violence Helpline received 11,886 calls.

In our last fiscal year, the total number of clients Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter served was 14,387.

1 in 2 women will experience one incident of physical or sexualized violence.

This figure does not include the many other types of abuse. Source: Statistics Canada Report, “Violence Against Women Survey”

74% of Albertans report that they personally know at least one woman who has been sexually or physically assaulted.

This figure does not factor in the countless women who do not tell anyone about the assault(s) nor does it factor in any other type of abuse besides physical and sexualized violence. Source: Canadian Women’s Foundation “Angus Reid Omnibus Survey” from 2012.

In Canada, a woman is killed by her intimate partner every 5 days.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016

Family violence and abuse costs Canada an estimated $7.4 Billion every year.

This figure is derived from costs associated with health care, criminal justice, social services, and lost wages/productivity. Sources: Canadian Women's Foundation.

Calgary Police Service responds to approximately 19,000 domestic violence calls each year.

Source: Calgary Police Service

Why Violence Prevention Programming Matters for Youth:

Youth who experience dating violence are up to 2x more likely to experience physical, intimate partner violence later in life

Children who witness 10 or more incidents of parental domestic violence before the age of 16 are at least twice as likely to attempt suicide

The Association Between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Suicide Attempts in a Population-based Study, 2016, Child: Care, Health and Development

Each year in Canada, it is estimated that up to 362,000 children witness or experience family violence.

Behind Closed Doors: The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children, Joint report by UNICEF, The Body Shop International, and the Secretariat for the United Nations Secretary-General’s Study on Violence Against Children, 2006.

Dating violence is the highest among the 15-24 age group.

Statistics Canada

Youth under 18 represented 22% of the Canadian population in 2004 but made up 58% of victims of sexual offences